Penciling-guide.



w. E. AYCOCK.

PENCILING GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED HA! 5. l9l6.

1,21 1,038. Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

WILLIAM E. AYCOCK, 0F MOULTRIE, GEORGIA.

rnNcmrne-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed May 5, 1916. Serial No. 95,589.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that 1, WILLIAM E. AYcocK, a citizen of.the United States of America, and a resident of Moultrie, Georgia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Penciling-Guides, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

Tnis invention relates to a penciling guide, and has a special utility for guiding a brush or pencil in painting or penciling the bottoms of grooves in scratch-joint brick-work, particularly the bottoms of grooves in wood surfaces imitating such brick-work.

This invention, which in certain respects is an improvement over the construction disclosed in my Patent No. 1,16%,9, granted December 1 1-, 1915, has for an ob]ect to provide a penciling guide for a paint-brush or pencil of any preferred kind that will insure against paint being dragged by the guide along the side walls of the groove as the guide is moved therein from one place. to another.

it has for a further object to provide a guide that will enable equally eilicient use although there be slight variations in the width of the groove, and that will enbale the guide to be resiliently forced into engagen'ient with the corners formed by the base and side walls of the groove.

Other objects are to provide a guide that may be easily and inexpensively constructed and that will be efficient and satisfactory in use.

While the invention is susceptible of embodiment in a variety of mechanical expressions, one of which has been selected for illustration in the accompanying drawing, it is to be expressly understood that such embodiment is not definitive of the invention, reference being had to the, appended claims for a definition of the scope thereof.

Figure 1 shows diagrammatically the pencil guide of this invention in operative relation in a groove such as presented by imi tative brick-work; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the guide on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is an elevation illustrating the guide in working relation with a groove and indicating its manner of use.

Referring in detail to the drawing, wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Fig. 1 shows 'a section of wood grooved longitudinally and transversely to produce the semblance of scratchjoint brick-work. In order that the protruding rectangular portions 1 shall stand out in relief and closely resemble brickwork the bottoms of the grooves 2 must be given a different color from that employed on the face and sides of the sections 1. It therefore becomes necessary that a guide shall be provided insuring against the brush or pencil contacting with the side walls of the grooves. Furthermore, in moving the guide from place to place along a groove, it is essential that the guide shall not drag or smear the paint on the sidewalls thereof. To this end the sides of the guide are inclined inwardly and upwardly to provide the clearance, as shown at 3, so that they will be out of contact with the side walls of the groove except at their lower edges. T o insure also against'the paint being dragged longitudinally of the grooves as the guide is moved, the guide is recessed at the lower portion of each end, as shown at l. To insure that the brush or pencil shall be guided into the proper position between the side walls, and to provide for the convenient manipulation of the guide, it is provided with flaring ledges 5 and (3, preferably extending throughout the length thereof and of uniform width.

While the guide may be constructed in any suitable or desired way, a preferred manner of construction is as follows: Two similar sections, preferably of a width somewhat greater than twice the depth of the groove with which the guide is to be used, are pressed from sheet metal, and each section is cut away at each corner to provide ears 7-7 and 8-8 at either end and preferably to one side of the longitudinal center line of the section. Each section is then .bent along a longitudinal line, preferably in alinement with those edges of the ears near the center line of the section, whereby are formed the upwardly and inwardly inclined side walls 9 and 10 and the upwardly and outwardly inclined ledges 5 and 6, the depth of the space between the walls 9 and 10 being somewhat greater than the depth of the groove. The aforesaid ears are next bent substantially at right-angles to the body portion of each section and the two sections joined by rivets passed through these cars. Thereby is formed a guide having upwardly and inwardly inclined sides providing the clearance at 3, and upwardly and outwardly inclined ledges which will the thumb and guide will be forced from place to place.

guide the brush or pencil into the space between the side walls 9 and 10 and which will also serve as finger-grips forholding the guide in position. The cut-away portions at the lower corners also provide the recesses A at either end, as heretofore described. As these ledges 5 and 6 are of uniform width and extend throughout. the length of the guide, the latter maybe conveniently held thereby at any portion thereof; By slightly pressing the ledges between finger, the lower edges of the into snug engagement with the corners of the groove formed by the bottom and side walls thereof, and as the two sections may give slightly about the axis determined by the rivets, the guide can be accommodated to grooves differing somewhat in width. Furthermore, by forcing the lower edges into engagement with the corners of the grooves, as heretofore described,'the guide will resiliently grip the side walls of the groove exterior thereto and remainin position although the hand be withdrawn.

It will be apparent that the inclination given to the side walls of the guide insures against paint} being dragged or smeared along the side walls of the groove, while the recessed ends of the guide insure against the paint being dragged along the bottom of the groove, as the guide is moved It will be understood that the guide for use in the'transverse grooves 11 is of the same construction as heretofore described but shorter to conform with the length of such grooves.

While the preferred embodiment has been described with considerable detail it is to be expressly understood that the invention is not restricted to such embodiment, other mechanical expressions of the invention readily suggesting themselves to those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is l. A pencihng guide having upwardly and. inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls, and means connecting the same.

2. A penciling guide having upwardly' and inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls, means connecting the same and upwardly extending thereabove.

3. A penciling guide having upwardly and inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls, means connecting the same and upwardly and outwardly lncllned ledges of 'uniform' Width extending thereabove.

.4. A penciling guide having upwardly and inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls provided with inwardly directed gular movement of from each other, ma1nta1n1ng said walls and outwardly inclined ledges in spaced relation.

5. A penciling guide having upwardly and inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls provided with inwardly directed cars at each end, upwardly and outwardly inclined ledges extending above said side walls, and means connecting opposed ears whereby the side walls are held in spaced relation. 7

6. A penciling guide comprising similar sections bent along a longitudinal line to provide upwardly andinwardly inclined oppositely disposed side 'walls and upwardly and outwardly inclined ledges extending thereabove, and means connecting the same.

7. A penciling guide comprising similar sections bent along a longitudinal line to provide upwardly and inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls and upwardly and outwardly inclined ledges extending thereabove, and connecting means maintaining said sections in spaced relation while admitting movement of said sections about arlongi tudinal axis. 7

8. A penciling guide comprising similar sections bent along a longitudinal line to provide upwardly and inwardly inclined oppositely disposed side walls and upwardly and outwardly inclined ledges extending thereabove, and inwardly directed ears extending from each end of said sections and connected to admit of slight ansaid sections about a longitudinal axis.

9. A penciling guide comprising similar,

of slight angular posed longitudinal walls which are shaped,

to transversely approach and then recede and connecting means in spaced relation. 11. A penciling guide comprising opto transversely approach and then recede from each other, said walls in spaced relation, said means joining said walls at points adjacent the plane of nearest approach of such walls.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed this 7 specification.

WILLIA E. AYCOCK' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

posed longitudinal walls which are shaped and means maintaining I 

